Who The Hell Does Pete Townshend Think He Is?
Tom Hibbert, Q, July 1989
Doesn't time fly? Seems like only yesterday he was a powerful advertisement for reckless hedonism and passionate irresponsibility. Today he's a bookish publishing consultant, earnest anti-drug spokesperson and thoughtful author of studious solo albums. He's had his fun and now seems determined to stop anyone else having any. So Tom Hibbert's here with a suitably sober enquiry. He's asking...
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